BSC 2050 - Energy and Ecology

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
This non-major course offers the student a study of biology and ecology. It emphasizes energy concepts, cause and effect relationships, and the flow of information and/or materials in both human and natural systems. Natural processes that occur in systems locally and that are also in action globally are explored, as are current environmental problems and issues affecting both local and global societies. Students will examine regions throughout the world and build a global perspective of life beyond the borders of the United States of America. This course also includes modeling of systems and/or computer simulations and a project that is research based. The course earns General Education credit under the Biological Sciences category for which successful students will demonstrate the skills necessary to understand and apply scientific concepts and reasoning, including the analysis and interpretation of various types of data.
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)